MEGAPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MEGAPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEGAPOD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEGAPOD is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEGAPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEGAPOD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MEGAPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does MEGAPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A ground-dwelling bird of Australasia that incubates its eggs in mounds of heated earth and rotting plants.
A megapod does not sit on its eggs; instead it builds a large mound and lets the heat of decay do the work. The brush turkey and the jungle fowl belong to this family.
How MEGAPOD is used
A zoological term; megapode is the more usual spelling.
- The megapod scraped leaves into a huge mound.
- A megapod chick must dig its own way out of the soil.
- Naturalists studied the nesting habits of the megapod.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEGAPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEGAPOD
3 longer words begin with MEGAPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in MEGAPOD
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Common questions about MEGAPOD
- Is MEGAPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEGAPOD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEGAPOD worth?
- MEGAPOD is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEGAPOD mean?
- A ground-dwelling bird of Australasia that incubates its eggs in mounds of heated earth and rotting plants.
- What letters can be added to MEGAPOD?
- MEGAPOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MEGAPOD:
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